Behavioral Health Innovators, Inc.

We are leveraging many new innovations in
care, technology and science and applying them to behavioral health "clusters." Our goal is to "think differently" about how behavioral health disorders can be prevented, diagnosed early and/or managed to improve quality of life and reduce healthcare costs.
Behavioral Health Innovators, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) corporation, incorporated in Massachusetts. We are working with industry leaders and the innovation economy to scale out a variety of solutions (evidence-based programs, digital solutions, research) to address behavioral health issues related to anxiety, depression and substance use disorder. We co-design solutions working with the students and the recovery community directly. Our intent is to disrupt the on-ramp to addiction, anxiety, depression and more.

RAMPTM
Risk Addiction Mapping ProgressionTM - Our screening, education and
intervention framework is meant to identify risky behaviors in everyday
language, in a staged progression so that young people can identify with
them earlier.

About Us

Creating innovative, high impact solutions for
individuals and loved ones who suffer from behavioral
illnesses. Our specialties are in the area of solution
development, advanced research, education, and
consulting services. Our initial emphasis is focused on
substance use disorder, anxiety and depression. We will
be applying innovation practices from the public and
private sectors to solve some of the biggest problems, learning especially from consumer-oriented industries.
We also hope to be conveners and thought leaders,
calling on the industry to think differently about how
to help people with addictions and behavioral disorders
achieve healthy lives.

Operating Principles

Our goal is to create behavioral health solutions
based on our six operating principles:

Learning from other successful industries and models

Convening and collaborating with industry partners,
rather than competing

Our Work

Recovery BUILD Alternative Peer Group
(APG)

We are losing teens at an alarming rate
to addiction. As a community, we need to
find and fix the gaps. Recovery Build APG is
a safe place where teens and young adults
come together with their peers in recovery
to build a sober life that will sustain them
as they integrate into the broader recovery
community.

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RAMPTM Risk Addiction Mapping ProgressionTM

Our screening, education and intervention
framework is meant to identify risky
behaviors in everyday language, in a staged
progression so that young people can
identify with them earlier. Given that ¾ of
mental health and substance abuse issues
start before age 24, more needs to be done
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Innovation inBehavioral Health

Our goal is to "think differently" about
how behavioral health disorders can be
prevented, diagnosed early, and/or managed
to improve quality of life and reduce
healthcare costs. As part of our ongoing
work we are always tracking new care models,
clinical research, and technologies that can
be applied to …

Best Practices: Addressingthe Opioid
Epidemic

Our interviews with 70 experts,
individuals, families, and clinicians
provided incredible insights for addressing
the opioid epidemic from a broad industry
wide perspective. Working for the
Massachusetts Service Alliance, part of the
Corporation for National Community Service
we were tasked with identifying what was
working ...

Co-Design Workshops/Journey Mapping

BHI partnered with Mad*Pow to co-host a
solution co-design workshop with students in
recovery. We wanted to understand
their journeys, hear about their dreams, get
insights on where interventions would have
helped them earlier in the process, what
triggered their decision to seek help, what
they’ve gotten back now ...

Drug StoryTheater

BHI partnered with Drug Story Theater and
the Zeiterion Theater to bring a school and
community based performance to Southeastern
MA. Students in recovery delivered an improv
theater performance about their journey to,
and recovery from, addiction. The
performance led to one of the most amazing
community discussions …

Creative ExpressionProject

High School students supported those in
recovery with messages of hope and
inspiration. Behavioral Health Innovators
invited schools and the recovery community
to create artwork in any medium they chose –
videos, drawings, slam poetry, photography,
and more. This is a link to a video created
by high school students …